Wow. NFL franchise is a licence to print money.
They do variable pricing based on expected demand. The Cowboys game is the most expensive of the season. NYG is also high. Cheapest games are $100 (Chargers and Bucs) for our seats.
We have lower corner seats, so pretty good seats but not near the top tier of pricing. You can go for much cheaper in the upper deck.
No doubtâŚespecially when you get the taxpayer to pay for your stadiums
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All-too-frequent reminder that this is a dangerous sport:
âLives have been touched by the way he lived and now lives will be saved through his passing.â
Yeah, if it gets parents to stop their kids from playing the sport, sure.
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Sources - Cowboysâ CeeDee Lamb agrees to four-year, $136M deal - ESPN
He just fell to me at the 6th pick this weekend as people were getting cold feet over the contract. I also got Dak as my starting QB so looks like Iâm a cowboys fan nowâŚ
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My condolences
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Going 12-5 and collapsing in the playoffs every year is still a huge improvement over being a Bears fan. Just kidding, Jay Cutler Mitch Trubiski Justin Fields Caleb Williams is definitely going to bring us back to our former glory! Go BEARS!!
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Could be worse. The Browns have been through HOW MANY QBs this century?
If I counted correctly I believe they have had 37 unique individuals start football games for them since the start of the 2000 season.
My grandson, just starting his 6th grade, is playing tackle football for the 3rd or 4th year. He is a large kid, one of the biggest on his team, though he dieted during the summer to remain under the X-Man limit so he can play any position not just lineman. His parents bought him a Guardian Football Helmet Cover. He plays Fullback/Running Back/Receiver and Middle Linebacker.
I guess they got the Guardian for him because during a preseason scrimmage the other team was targeting him because he is so dominating.
During the game on Saturday the other teams coaches asked the refs to ask him not to hit so hard. There were a lot of game stoppages for injuries and some of them were from hits by him.
Having played football from 7th - 12th grade and attempting it at the Jr. College level (about 45 years go), I understand the game, but also understand that it has changed significantly from when I played. In some ways it has become safer but in other ways it has become more dangerous. Overall, I donât think the improvements in safety have kept up with the advances in danger. He loves playing so at this point it would be difficult to forbid him from playing, but Iâm glad his parents are at least doing things to try to protect him.
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Well, it is less dangerous for relatively bigger players. Physics and all that.
Always has been, actually. Cuz Physics hasnât changed.
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Not really. Linemen are in much more danger of getting rolled up or clipped. Plus they get the sub-concussive head hits every play, guaranteed. They are less likely to get the spectacular injuries, but the wear and tear is greater.
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Since itâs roster cut day, I learned there is a minor tweak to the rules this year on IR designated to return
"In the past, if a team wanted to put a player on injured reserve and keep the option open for a return during the season, he had to make the initial 53-man roster and then get moved to IR the next day.
That forced teams to cut one player and then re-sign him the next day after the IR shift.
Under the new rule, teams can put two players on IR on cut day and designate them to return. So the teams wonât need to go through the step of carrying the player on the 53-man roster for a day before shifting them to IR.
The catch is those two players will count toward the limit of eight players who can return from IR during the season. If a top player is injured and going to miss at least the first four games, it would make sense to take advantage of the new rule."
Alright, letâs bring in the Arabs!
Which franchise is the first to be sold off for parts?
Long LIV Football!
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Look for:
- The poorest owners (cash-poor, mainly â people who cannot buy that yacht they want)
- The greediest owners.
- The youngest owners (because the equity returns only when sold, and they will not be selling any time soon).
Canât see the private equity firms getting too excited over taking up to a 10% stake in a club. That wonât give them much input on how itâs run: theyâll be junior investors to some billionaire who will still call the shots.
Besides, how much more can NFL franchises go up in value? Private equity makes its money by reducing expenses or finding new revenue streams: not happening here with a 10% ownership.